The two men, Robert and Jonas had been taken prisoner by the general that showed up shortly after the explosion. And he had been livid with his men, why they didn't grab the hybrid and how they could let the mansion blow up, knowing Jonas' plan before hand and all. When they couldn't answer his questions with what he deemed a satisfying answer he stabbed one in the throat and looked around at the men, telling them to find them before they got to far away. A couple of the guards saddled up and rode off towards the main path and ahead. Some of them stood in a semicircle around the two men who had sustained injuries, one missing some fingers and another missing half a leg. The general recognized Jonas as one of the old mans assistants, he didn't know Robert, or cared for that matter, they were prisoners, nothing else. So he had them tossed into a cage on wheels, the king could decide what to do with them.

All Robert and Jonas could do now was to pray for Anna's safety. How much could a recently crippled and a priest do against 21 guards? Not much. So they both held on to hope and asked all the gods to keep her safe. One man because he wanted revenge, the other because of his guilt and shame.

"General, you better come see this!" a man shouted from behind the mansion, and Roberts spine straightened and stiffened. 'Oh god no! Please please please tell me they didn't find her dead'.

"WHAT IS IT!? WE ALREADY KNOW YOU ARE A BUNCH OF INCOMPETENT FOOLS, JUST TELL ME OR I'LL CUT OFF YOUR TONGUE AND EAT IT" the general shouted back, it was loud and authoritative. Fitting for a man of his position.

"It's a girl sir, bloodied and bruised, I'm not sure if she's alive" the return sounded.

'FUCK!' Robert thought.

"BRING HER AROUND TO THE FRONT.. NOW! IMBECILES" he continued.

"Will do sir" he yelled back, but soon after, a piercing shriek was heard and then silence.

The general motioned for the two closest guards to go and check it out, he was in no mood to spend any more time here, he had been stationed in this town to make sure the Kings little project wasn't discovered, and now he stood with rubble and an escaped hybrid on his hands. It wouldn't end well for him, and he knew it. He was a man of low morals but high honor, he would face his king with his chin held high and answer for his failings if it couldn't be avoided. Even if it meant death.

"Sir, I believe you should come and see this!"

"Urgh, why am I always in charge of the dumbest of dumb people" he muttered to himself before trodding of behind the mansion. What he saw was, well, not what he had expected, the guard he told to bring the girl was hunched over, as if he was picking her up, frozen in place. Not a hair on his head moved, and his eyelids was stuck in place, gazing into nothingness. The General knew about the princess of ice, but he was certain that, that girl, was not the princess. She was too young and her hair wasn't platinum blonde. Except for a single stripe of white, her hair was red. So definitely not the northern princess, but she had the same powers.

'Maybe I could use this girl to avoid the axe..' the general thought.

He bent down and observed his subordinate and the girl, but he stopped before getting to close to her. He stood up and thought for a second before he looked around, found a piece of wood with some embers on it, picked it up and went over to the kid again. Ever so gently he began to move the end of the wood adorned with embers towards the girl, when it was about two inches from her, the embers were extinguished and the blackened wood started freezing over rapidly. When the ice got halfway up the stick he pulled it back and examined it, the frost was still creeping across it but it had slowed down significantly, and when it got too close to his hands he dropped the wood only for it to shatter on impact, leaving only the piece he had been holding.

'Well well well, this is not good.. I may have to come back here with some magicians later.'

"You two, stay here and keep an eye on this one, it looks like we can't get near her due to some protective magic of sorts, I'll come back with someone who knows about these things." with that he turned on his heel and was headed to the front of the mansion. The two guards he had left gave each other a quick glance before they looked to their friend, frozen in place, and a shudder went through their bodies. Even the unconscious Anna struck fear in people.

When the general was out of hearing range one of the guards let out a shaky breath, and shuddered, "It wasn't this cold before was it?" he timidly asked his companion.

"No. It wasn't. Let's just keep our distance, I don't wanna end up like Luke there" he pointed to the frozen man.

"I'm right there with you." They both stepped closer to the still huge pyre to keep warm.

The general on the other hand was lost in thought when he got to the cage. He couldn't figure out what had compelled his men to just stand there while a hybrid had wrecked havoc. Sure they weren't strong enough in the magic department to stand up to one. But their training should have made them smart enough to at least have work together, to keep her at bay for a while until backup from the vanguard arrived. That is why they have learned to shield themselves from hostile magic. Perhaps this hybrid was too strong?

Apparently the turmoil was noticeable because the now one-legged man Jonas voiced his opinion, "General, did you find the girl? I was working along the headmaster of this house, I know more about her than anyone else here, and I bet you don't want to go to the capitol only to return here, it's quite a journey". Robert kept his mouth shut in a thin line, inwardly though he smiled.

'You sly dog! Well you would have to be slippery to last this long' Robert thought at his new partner in crime.

"And just why should I trust a traitor?" was the short emotionless answer from the general.

Jonas' mouth curled into a smile, "Because I can help, after all, I am skilled at blood magic, and you don't seem to have the girl with you," he pointed out, paused for a second to let it sink in, "and that can only mean two things, she's dead which would be a shame, or she's alive and you can't get close to her.. She is the first artificial hybrid, and the king would be very displeased to hear you left her behind." Jonas could see the effect of mentioning the king had on the general.

"You better not try anything, or I will personally stab you through the heart!" the general sneered

"Look at me sir, what can I possibly do with one leg, and large amounts of lost blood?" he deadpanned.

A groan was his answer, and the general motioned for the keyholder to open the cage, when he had done so he pulled Jonas out and almost dragged him behind the mansion to see the girl. Robert wasn't in on whatever plan Jonas had concocted, so he sat up with his back to the iron bars and rested his head on the metal. He let out an exhausted breath and replayed the events in his head, everything had happened so fast, but one image was clear in his head, the way the fire had practically been drawn towards Anna. And the feeling he had when he looked at her, the void-like presence her magic gave off. She clearly had very little control over it, she couldn't direct it properly. Yet when he was hit so close all it did was knock the air out of his lungs, Jonas had his leg ripped off, so there was a lot of force behind it. So why was he relatively unharmed compared to the others?

While Robert mulled over the questions he had, Jonas was placed on a stub from a rather large tree recently cut. He reached into his cloak and fished out a small roll of leather, inside was a ring with a ruby on it, a small scalpel and some unknown powder in a tiny leather bag. He took the ring and put it on, opened the powder bag and blew some of it towards Anna, and it froze upon touching the invisible bubble around her. Of course he noticed the changes, the white in her hair, her skin that was almost the same color as the snow, and the subtle change in her magic. So when he took the scalpel he turned to the guards standing by the mansion, "Any of you who want to donate some blood?" he asked, the general looked to the guards who was shaking their heads, "I bet not, get the other prisoner here then" Jonas said before starting to chant. The general warily complied, mostly because Jonas actually knew about the girl and the work that had been done here.

When Robert was thrown next to Jonas the chanting stopped. Jonas took the scalpel and Roberts hand without saying a word and sliced a rather deep cut on the back of it, he held out his hand underneath and let the blood trickle into his hand. When it started spilling over the side of his hand he threw it towards Anna. This time it didn't freeze where the powder had, it fell through and hit Anna in drops across her body, then he took what was left in his hand and smeared a bit on the forehead of Robert. After a couple of seconds Robert heard a voice in his head.

'Don't worry, all that other crap was just to get this link going. It won't last forever but it allows us to talk secretly' Jonas' voice resounded clear as day.

'What the fuck is this... It feels, uhm, weird' Robert replied, only flinching a bit at the sudden voice in his head.

'I know.. Connecting you mind with someone isn't exactly safe, it can go very wrong.. You could say I took a chance on you being strong willed'.

'I'm guessing I don't want to know what would happen if it did go wrong?'.

'Yeah.. Just be glad it didn't, now lets get her to the cage. We can't leave her out of our sights, when she wakes up you need to be there. You were the one who got her out, she might trust you enough to not freak out about her new powers.'

Jonas stood up with Robert supporting him, the general looked at him, "You done now?" he asked.

"Yeah, she's safe to touch now" Jonas tilted his head in a show of respect. It was faked, but the general didn't know that.

"Good, get her to the cage, priest. I'm not touching that girl.. No fucking way." He wasn't about to take the risk of getting frozen. So Robert did what he was told. Even if he was full of apprehension, not wanting to meet the same fate the frozen guard had met, he still did it with haste. Luckily he did not freeze, but he noticed the girl was extremely cold. He also noticed that her breathing was shallow and erratic, his conclusion to this was that she had been laying outside in the cold. 'Wait.. Jonas said 'her new powers. Could it be?'.

'Yeah, it's pretty much what you think.' Jonas thought.

"Fucking hell!" Robert exclaimed, almost dropping Anna.

"SHUT IT! Fucking priest giving me a heart attack. What was that for?!" The general yelled out at Roberts exclamation.

"Nothing, sorry sir." Robert timidly replied.

"Just get her to the cage.. This day is turning worse by the second." he sighed.

When all six people got to the cage again the three prisoners got into the cage again, carefully placing Anna between them, and they were off.


It had been three hours since the siblings had fled the burning mansion and the general that had appeared while Elsa was saving the girl. They followed the less obvious routes and took all the smaller paths to avoid being seen, it would prolong their travel time, but it was safer. So far it had been a quiet journey, Elsa had been in a mild state of shock, the image of the old man was too fresh in her mind. Kristoff on the other hand was worrying about being followed, when he was sure they weren't, he could finally process the scene he had observed.

The one thing about it all that he couldn't wrap his mind around was the lack of response in the guards, he was absolutely sure they had seen his sister. Why they supposedly hadn't been pursued or why they didn't apprehend her then and there was beyond him. They expressed fear sure, but her eyes had been glowing and the south isn't known for treating any kind of mage with respect. They are merely tools to be used as weapons. So, why indeed?

His thoughts was interrupted by a statement he wasn't sure he should answer, "I shouldn't have left her there" her voice was as small as she felt. She couldn't help but feel guilty about how she handled the situation. She could have been more persistent and demanded to bring her with them, or at least they could have made sure she didn't freeze over, but no. She just looked at her once and left without any thought. In other words, Elsa felt like a horrible person for leaving the younger girl to die.

"You didn't, please don't blame yourself, blame me if you want.." when she looked at him he could see the guilt in her eyes, "..It's just that.. I know it's no excuse, but I had to get my sister away from there.. I don't know that girl, and.. and I had to prioritize you above everyone else.." he finished weakly, he didn't mean to just leave her, but his kid sister was possibly in a lot of danger. A quick decision later and they had left a small child in the snow. He knew she was likely dead by now in this weather. He shuddered at the thought and knew that Elsa was thinking the same.

"No, I don't blame you, or not really. But, something happened Kris, something I've never seen before.." now Kristoffs attention was entirely on her and it was a little, unnerving, "..She, umm, she told me to cut off her arm inside the house," his brows furrowed but he didn't say anything, "her arm was crushed beneath a support pillar, and I.. I didn't think, I just.. acted.. and when I shaped my ice around the cut.. It looked like it was alive Kris. It was moving and it was sort of healing her, when I put her on the ground her eyes glowed.. First it was like a soft lavender color, but one of her eyes changed Kris.. It turned white.. Like mine" She ended, not knowing exactly how to explain the bizarre show of fluid ice and what she saw.

"Are you sure? Living ice?" he asked a bit in disbelief.

"I know how it sounds, but that's what I saw. I don't know what to think, maybe my powers have started changing already." She looked down at her hands and pondered what the changes would bring. More power that's for sure, but imbuing her ice with life? It wasn't something she would have ever imagined. It scared her to think about the possible outcomes of her change.

"I'm not the one to ask about magic, I'm a bit short on experience on that. Let's just get home first, we can gather all the experts and figure it out. We always do right?" he tried smiling but it didn't register in his sisters mind.

"I guess" she softly spoke, still looking at the palm of her hands.

"Listen up here Starburst, you didn't do anything wrong. A lot of people would never run into a burning building and save someone they don't know. They wouldn't ever risk their life for someone they don't know. But you did. You got an innocent girl out of there, you, my dear sister, are a hero!" He proudly puffed out his chest and made a small bow to his sister, reassuring her that nothing was wrong when everything clearly wasn't. What she had just told him was hard to believe, thinking it was just the shock or something similar. He had to put on a brave face, but he didn't believe her. It just couldn't be true that a hybrids signature eyes changed, he didn't know much about magic, but he did know that such a thing doesn't happen.. Ever.. So they rode on in a hurry to get to the northern kingdoms where they were safe.


Hey there, so far the first three chapters was written kinda fast, and i appreciate the reviews and follows, even just people clicking on it brings me joy, it means they gave it a chance, which is all i ask for. Now i know it has been far too long since I tossed out an update, the three first ones was almost fully done before i posted anything, hence the speedy updates.

Now a guest asked if Anna had royal blood, and to be honest I hadn't given it a single thought before that, so I'll leave it up to you guys, do you want her to be royal or not? I've had some time to think about the consequences of it. The main one is obviously how Elsa and Annas relationship will be viewd upon by other royal families, if she is royal then her sex will be the only problem, if she isn't then her social status will play a part in them getting more enemies.

Also, sorry, the reason for Kristoff pulling Elsa away is hopefully understandable :D

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